One of the governors in the All Progressives Congress states confided in our correspondent on Tuesday that the party never trusted a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, hence the ex-minister was kept out of the happenings in the party while he was a member.
The governor, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said the APC leaders were skeptical of dealing with Fani-Kayode with open hands because of “his antecedents.”
He said, “We know him very well. He has been attending some of our meetings. Like the day we went to invite former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, he was there.
“He has also attended some other meetings, but because we didn’t trust him well that he would not betray us, we were dealing with him with caution.
“He went to have a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan without informing anyone about its outcome. So, such a character has to be cleverly avoided.”
Fani-Kayode has said he left the APC and joined the PDP because of the APC’s alleged Islamic agenda and that the leadership of the party was not sincere.
Reacting to the Fani-Kayode’s defection again, the PDP said it had been vindicated and that the former minister had proved that the APC remained a party “of bloodthirsty, religious and ethnic bigots averse to the unity of the country.”
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement also said that the revelation by the former minister that the APC had sympathy for insurgents further confirmed PDP’s earlier position linking APC’s utterances to the spate of insurgency and sectarians violence in the country.
Metuh said, “We have now been vindicated. The truth may be hidden for sometime but it has a way of expressing itself.
“The world can now see that we do not speak for nothing when we describe them in their true nature; a cult, a hypocritical lot, wolves in sheep skin, devils, who, through their utterances, stoke the fires of violence by night only to wear messianic robes in the morning to shed crocodile tears for their victims.’’
“Nigerians are no longer at loss regarding who their real enemies are. They can now see why the APC feels no pain but seeks always to gain political capital out of the bombings and killings in our country.”
The party noted that a lot of reasonable and respectable Nigerians still in the APC would soon join the PDP.
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Femi's only reason for his return to PDP is to ensure he is set free of his pending cases of stealing and money laundering, because only PDP loves romancing with dubious cheats like him and for Metuh, let him realise that Femi's defection is not a proof of any claim that the opposition supports terrorism. It is cheap sympathy-seeking ploy by the PDP to always link every ugly incident, undoubtedly, caused by PDP, to APC. These days when public power goes off, train derails, someone's soup gets sour - it is attributed to APC. Bunch of clueless people
ReplyDeleteOnly the pdp loves romancing with dubious cheats??? so what was apc doing with him??? stop deceiving urself; half of those in apc are former pdp members which makes both parties the same.APC is just an avenue for those who want access to the national cake but dont curently have it; none are progressives rather they are all slimy bedfellows waiting to continue the relentless looting of our economy
DeleteI am not surprised at all with the PDP's secretary's comment about FFK political itinerary. 2015 will soon come and go but I am sure "There is God o",
ReplyDeleteFemi fani-kayode has finally shown his true colours, a lily- livered, ambitious and hungry for power and recognition. So all those articles and attacks on the President, PDP, Igbos, Bianca, etc, were all shakara. We all knew he was playing the role of a double agent, agent provocateur, and trying to ensnare people into believing in his tantrums. Shame on such poor actors. I never believed in him though I read most of his write ups. after all the names he labelled PDP, he is going back to PDP. Shame if they accept him back. Double agents usually end up living and dying lonely
ReplyDeletePDP and APC are all the same. The youg people (youth) should register a political annd let us all support the party and elect young ppl into elective positions. The keep telling us that we are leaders of tomorrow, we have started gray hair annd they are still the same people vying and manipulating us to vote for them. It high time we woke up and take our destinies into our hands. Let us forget obout religion and ethnic differences and and make Nigeria work again.
ReplyDeleteIf u say only PDP is romacing with corruption what about APC do u hear about the case of the lagos state house of assembly speak? Answer me
ReplyDeleteThe antecedent of Fani-Kayode's dynasty from the defunt Western region is that of a hypocrite or best a spoiler. They are not known for any thing good, positive and progressive. Blood is ticker than water.
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